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nip and tuck

ADJECTIVE
very close and evenly contested
Synonyms
WEAK
abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call
ADVERB
very close and evenly contested
Synonyms
WEAK
abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call

Example Sentences

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It's been, as you might have expected, nip and tuck.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

“We’ve been nip and tuck on some things, but we’ve always had the same interest and same goal in mind, and that’s winning,” Millsap said at that time of Snyder.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

All of this year’s iPhones had a little nip and tuck along the edges.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

From there it was nip and tuck until the death.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2019

The critters had it nip and tuck, And made such awful noise, That Lige himself came up to see, With all the other boys.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.